Commodity Region/Other Commodity Region (e.g., CFTC Public dissemination masking)

Purpose

The underlying assets of publicly reportable swaps that do not reference or are not economically related to one of the contracts published by the Commission shall be publicly disseminated by limiting the geographic detail of the underlying assets, pursuant to Part 43 – Appendix D, and E. For these swaps, the unique product identifier shall not be disseminated in order to preserve the masking, instead, all of the product fields that are not the underlier will be disseminated along with the information from Part 43-Appendix D, and E.  

Note: the region values are by the type of commodity traded. (Part 43 Appendix E1 or E2.)

Tip: 

• Review index provider publications for definitions which indicate the location (e.g., S&P Methodologies (example link))

Definition

"Commodity Region” which must be populated with a valid value from Part 43 Appendix E

Allowed Value List

U.S. Delivery or Pricing Points

Natural Gas and Related Products

Midwest

Northeast

Gulf

Southeast

Western

Other—U.S.

Link to Platts gas locations

Petroleum and Products

New England (PADD 1A)

Central Atlantic (PADD 1B)

Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C)

Midwest (PADD 2)

Gulf Coast (PADD 3)

Rocky Mountains (PADD 4)

West Coast (PADD 5)

Other—U.S.

Electricity and Sources

Florida Reliability Coordinating Council (FRCC)

Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO)

Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC)

Reliability First Corporation (RFC)

SERC Reliability Corporation (SERC)

Southwest Power Pool, RE (SPP)

Texas Regional Entity (TRE)

Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC)

Other—U.S.

Northern Asia (excluding Russia)

• This subregion covers the entire geographical region of Siberia. Since this region as a whole falls under the transcontinental country of Russia, for statistical convenience, Russia is assigned under Eastern Europe by the UNSD, including both European Russia and Asian Russia under a single subregion. Hence there is no geopolitical entity that is currently grouped under Northern Asia.

Central Asia

• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgzstan
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan

Eastern Asia

• China
• China, Hong Kong
• China, Macao
• Japan
• Mongolia
• North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• South Korea, Republic of Korea

Western Asia

• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Cyprus
• Georgia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Jordan
• Kuwait
• Lebanon
• Oman
• Qatar
• Saudi Arabia
• Palestine
• Syrian Arab Republic
• Turkey
• United Arab Emirates

Southeast Asia

• South-Eastern Asia
  Brunei
  Cambodia
  Indonesia
  Laos
  Malaysia
  Myanmar
  Philippines
  Singapore
  Thailand
  Timor-Leste
  Viet Nam
• Southern Asia
  Afghanistan 
  Bangladesh
  Bhutan
  India
  Iran
  Maldives
  Nepal
  Pakistan
  Sri Lanka

Australia/New Zealand/Pacific Islands

Europe

Eastern

Western

Northern

Southern

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